Dalbergia cearensis

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Dalbergia cearensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Dalbergia
Species: D. cearensis
Binomial name
Dalbergia cearensis
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Dalbergia cearensis, a smallish tree restricted to a small area in Brazil. It is also known as Kingwood and is a classic furniture wood, almost exclusively used for inlays on very fine furniture and in billiard cues, e.g., John Parris. It is purple with many fine darker stripes. Other woods yielded by the same genus are cocobolo, rosewood, tulipwood.


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